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For decades, Dana’s killer remained a ghost. Until now. With a new weapon in their arsenal—cutting-edge forensic genealogy—investigators uncover a truth that had been buried in plain sight. In just 19 days, they identified a man who was never on law enforcement’s radar. A man who lived just miles from the crime scene. A man who walked free while innocent lives were destroyed. __ You can view the materials referenced in this episode at https://threepodcast.com/chapter-6-unknown-male-1 [https://threepodcast.com/chapter-6-unknown-male-1] Please consider donating to Ian’s GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction].   You can visit www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org [https://www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org/] and click the donate button to support them, their work and their clients.  Amanda Knox’s new memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning is available at www.amandaknox.com [https://www.amandaknox.com/].  If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Dana Ireland, we encourage you to contact the Hawai’i Innocence Project at contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org.  You can also contact Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 and the Hawai’i Police Department at (808) 961-2380 or visit their website Hawaiipolice.gov to submit a tip.

The DNA never lied. It never pointed to Ian, Shawn, or Frank—but to someone else entirely. As forensic experts unravel the evidence that put three innocent men behind bars, the case against them crumbles. The DNA, the tire tracks, the so-called bite marks—junk science and misplaced certainty stole decades of their lives. But if they didn’t do it…who did? __ You can view the materials referenced in this episode at https://threepodcast.com/chapter-6-unknown-male-1 [https://threepodcast.com/chapter-6-unknown-male-1] Please consider donating to Ian’s GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction].   You can visit www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org [https://www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org/] and click the donate button to support them, their work and their clients.  Amanda Knox’s new memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning is available at www.amandaknox.com [https://www.amandaknox.com/].  If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Dana Ireland, we encourage you to contact the Hawai’i Innocence Project at contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org.  You can also contact Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 and the Hawai’i Police Department at (808) 961-2380 or visit their website Hawaiipolice.gov to submit a tip.

A guilty verdict. A plea deal. A family shattered. Ian Schweitzer is sentenced to life, and his brother Shawn faces an impossible choice—fight for the truth or admit to a crime he didn’t commit. But with missing evidence and a system eager to close the case, the truth remains just out of reach. What if justice was never the goal? __ You can view the materials referenced in this episode at https://threepodcast.com/chapter-3-family-feud [https://threepodcast.com/chapter-3-family-feud] Please consider donating to Ian’s GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction].   You can visit www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org [http://www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org/] and click the donate button to support them, their work and their clients.  Amanda Knox’s new memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning is available at www.amandaknox.com.  [http://www.amandaknox.com/] If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Dana Ireland, we encourage you to contact the Hawai’i Innocence Project at contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org.

By 1996, because of pressure from Dana Ireland’s family and the media and the want to close this case for good, the police decided to send the case to prosecutors—despite DNA evidence excluding Ian and Shawn Schweitzer, as well as Frank Pauline Jr. But as the public scrutiny grows, so do the lies. Frank, hoping for leniency, spins a series of contradictory stories to the police and the press—before ultimately recanting on live TV and accusing the police of coercing his confession. In Chapter 4, Amanda Knox, drawing from her own experience, exposes how flawed science, false testimony, and prosecutorial egos can turn a weak case into a nightmare conviction. __ You can view the materials referenced in this episode at https://threepodcast.com/chapter-4-the-prison-priest [https://threepodcast.com/chapter-4-the-prison-priest] Please consider donating to Ian’s GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction].   You can visit www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org [http://www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org/] and click the donate button to support them, their work and their clients.  Amanda Knox’s new memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning is available at www.amandaknox.com.  [http://www.amandaknox.com/] If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Dana Ireland, we encourage you to contact the Hawai’i Innocence Project at contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org.  You can also contact Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 and the Hawai’i Police Department at (808) 961-2380 or visit their website Hawaiipolice.gov to submit a tip.

In Chapter 3, Amanda Knox takes you to Hawai’i’s Big Island to speak with Ian and Shawn Schweitzer and members of their legal team to understand how a confession, driven by deals and deception, could lead to their arrests. Despite a lack of forensic evidence, Ken Lawson of the Hawai’i Innocence Project helps break down how police tunnel vision and media pressure led to the brothers’ wrongful imprisonment and the battle to clear their names. __ You can view the materials referenced in this episode at https://threepodcast.com/chapter-3-family-feud [https://threepodcast.com/chapter-3-family-feud] Please consider donating to Ian’s GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ian-schweitzer-after-wrongful-conviction].   You can visit www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org [http://www.hawaiiinnocenceproject.org/] and click the donate button to support them, their work and their clients.  Amanda Knox’s new memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning is available at www.amandaknox.com.  [http://www.amandaknox.com/] If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Dana Ireland, we encourage you to contact the Hawai’i Innocence Project at contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org.  You can also contact Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 and the Hawai’i Police Department at (808) 961-2380 or visit their website Hawaiipolice.gov to submit a tip.